RM300,000 unregistered medical devices confiscated


BATU PAHAT: More than RM300,000 worth of unregistered medical devices that were sold to pharmacies and private clinics nationwide were confiscated by the Health Ministry during a raid on a company in Taman Perindustrian Wawasan here.

The owner of the company, which has been in operation since 2017, had been given a warning letter back in 2018 and 2022 but continued to run his operations, according to Medical Device Authority (MDA) surveillance and operations unit chief Dery Akmal Abdul Rahman.

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